Turkish WeeklyGreece's Drug Addicts Face Struggles During Crisishttp://www.turkishweekly.net/news/140109/greece-39-s-drug-addicts-face-struggles-during-crisis.htmlReutersGreece to revive public servants dismissal plan - sourcesGreece will revive the labour reserve measure targeting 40,000 public servants for eventual dismissal, determined to achieve the 11.5 billion euros in savings it promised international lenders, government officials said on Thursday.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/09/uk-greece-layoffs-idUKBRE8780KU20120809The GuardianGreece braced for 'hottest autumn yet' over round of new spending cutsAthens' fragile coalition could be heading for a showdown with unions and anti-bailout forces over prospect of more job losses
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/09/greece-braced-protests-spending-cutsAthens NewsSamaras ends trade fair traditionPrime Minister Antonis Samaras ends yearly tradition to speak at theThessaloniki International Trade Fair
http://www.athensnews.gr/portal/1/57616ekathimerinieStournaras tries to end impasse over civil service jobsFinance Minister Yannis Stournaras is due to meet Administrative Reform Minister Antonis Manatakis on Friday to discuss plans to reduce the number of civil servants via a labor reserve scheme, whose potential introduction has split the coalition government.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_19299_10/08/2012_456412Greek ReporterGreek Pharmacists Will Stop Accepting State InsuranceGreek pharmacists, protesting long-overdue unpaid subsidies from the government, on Sept. 1 will again stop accepting prescriptions from Greeks covered by the National Health Service Organization (EOPYY) and accept cash only, especially burdening pensioners whose benefits have been cut in a desperate bid to cut expenses.
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/08/10/greek-pharmacists-will-stop-accepting-state-insurance/Greek ReporterGreece Ranks Last in EU Waste ManagementGreece, struggling through an economic crisis, isn’t doing well with waste management either, finishing at the bottom of the 27 member states of the European Union in a report ranking how well countries do in collecting, sorting and dealing with the end products of their societies. The European Commission, which said there is a massive gap between countries such as Austria, Belgium and Denmark who rated higher, while Bulgaria, Cyprus and Greece didn’t fare as well.
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/08/10/greece-ranks-last-in-eu-waste-management/Greek ReporterGreece Fires Manager for Refusing to Cut Workers’ PayThe new coalition government led by New Democracy Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has forced the manager of the state nickel producer LARCO to resign after he refused an order to reduce workers’ pay as part of efforts to cut costs as demanded by international lenders.
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